Module 4 · Lesson 2 of 9
Persian (Farsi) Lesson: Who is this?
You will say
In kiye?
Who is this?
Your host, Som
Open "Who is this?" with Full Access
- About 5 minutes, 22 short screens.
- Persian in English letters (Finglish): no alphabet to learn first.
- Everyday spoken Persian, the way people talk in Tehran.
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Say "Who is this?" and 2 more lines in Persian
3 new Persian words: In, Ki, Kiye
Each word has its own page with how it is said and a way to remember it.
Words you bring back in "Who is this?": Mamanam, Chiye, Esmet chiye
Words from earlier lessons that this one asks you to use again, so they stay.
15 kinds of practice in about 5 minutes
Every lesson mixes hearing, saying, typing and playing, so each phrase is used a few different ways before it is done.
Meet it
New word cards
Meet each new word with its sound, its meaning and a way to remember it.
Short explainers
A plain note on why a phrase works the way it does.
Listen
Which word did you hear?
Two words that sound close and one clip: pick the one you heard.
Listen and pick
Hear a word or line, then pick what it means.
Pick the word for the gap
Listen to a short line and choose the word that fills the gap.
Say it
Say it out loud
Say the line yourself, then rate how it went.
Type it
Put the letters in order
Rebuild a word from letters that were shuffled.
Type it from memory
Type a word or line you met earlier, with nothing on screen to help.
Build it
Swipe sort
Swipe each card into the group where it belongs.
Fill in the missing words
Complete a line with the words that are missing.
Match the pairs
Join each Finglish word to its meaning.
Fill in the fridge note
Complete the note stuck on the fridge.
Think it through
Word puzzles
Short puzzles: compare two lines, fill in a smudged letter or work out what a word is doing.
Real conversations
Answer the call
Pick up a phone call and choose or say your replies.
Reply to the text
Answer a friend's text message.